Tag: Wastewater
AP Interview: EPA water chief on clean water protections
WASHINGTON — To finally determine a lasting definition of waterways that qualify for federal protection under the Clean Water Act, the Environmental Protection Agency’s...
US agency offers $307 million for rural water projects
OHKAY OWINGEH PUEBLO, N.M. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will issue up to $307 million in grants and low-interest loans in an effort...
Environmentalists sue over Florida wastewater reservoir leak
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Efforts to clean up a leaky reservoir that dumped tens of millions of gallons of potentially hazardous gypsum wastewater into...
Biden targets $2.8B for conservation, outdoor recreation
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Thursday proposed funding for dozens of conservation and recreation projects across the country as it allocates $2.8 billion...
Mayor: Sewage lagoon embankment seeping, residents warned
SMITHLAND, Ky. — A sewage lagoon above a small western Kentucky city is seeping through its embankment and is likely to fail, prompting the...
Water bill may open spigot for Biden infrastructure plan
WASHINGTON — Rarely has a routine water resources bill generated so much political buzz, but as senators hoisted the measure to passage Thursday the...
Florida to close wastewater reservoir with leak history
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Florida is moving to permanently close the leaky Piney Point wastewater reservoir that poured millions of gallons of water into...
Leak at wastewater pond prompts evacuations in Florida
BRADENTON, Fla. — Officials in Florida were evacuating homes and a highway Saturday near a large reservoir of wastewater because of a significant leak...
Magnitude 4.2 earthquake in rural Oklahoma at Kansas border
MANCHESTER, Okla. — An estimated magnitude 4.2 earthquake was recorded Friday in a rural area along Oklahoma's border with Kansas, according to the U.S....
